/*
 * Copyright 2012 Gregor Schauer
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package at.schauer.gregor.vienna.datastore.file;

import at.schauer.gregor.vienna.datastore.DataStore;
import at.schauer.gregor.vienna.datastore.StorageMetadata;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * @author Gregor Schauer
 */
public interface FileDataStore<T> extends DataStore<T> {
	<E extends T> E read(File file, StorageMetadata<E> metadata);

	void write(File file, StorageMetadata<T> metadata);

	File getRootDirectory();

	String getDirectoryName(StorageMetadata<? extends T> metadata);

	String getFileName(StorageMetadata<? extends T> metadata);

	String getExtension(StorageMetadata<? extends T> metadata);

	File resolveDirectory(StorageMetadata<? extends T> metadata);

	File resolveFile(StorageMetadata<? extends T> metadata);
}
